Applying style to ssh-askpass

Michael Erdely published on 2021-11-22 included in Technical

ssh-askpass(1) is a graphical program that prompts the user for their SSH Key passphrase and passes it to the ssh-add(1) command.

Out of the box, ssh-askpass is pretty ugly, but I’ve managed to make it look dark, modern, and good.

A screenshot

This is how my ssh-askpass window looks:

The code

SshAskpass*Dialog.font:       -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
SshAskpass*Dialog.label:      Please enter your authentication passphrase:
SshAskpass*Dialog.title:
SshAskpass*background:        #000000
SshAskpass*foreground:        #cccccc
SshAskpass.Button*background: #000000
SshAskpass.Button*foreground: #cccccc

The above code goes in your ${HOME}/.Xresources file.